Wicksteed Park Volunteers are Bringing the Roses Back!

October 16, 2023

Wicksteed Park Volunteers are Bringing the Roses Back!

Volunteers at Wicksteed Park get involved in all areas of the park from helping with repairs and upgrades, to conservations projects such as planting trees. Every volunteer who gives up their time to help maintain our beautiful park plays a huge role in keeping it looking as amazing as it does.

A recent project Wicksteed’s volunteers have taken on is the return of roses to our iconic rose garden which will see a new flower bed with roses and companion plants added to the already vibrant garden.

Our volunteers have recently visited Bosworths, a local garden centre, to help them prepare for all the hard work ahead of them. During their visit they learnt everything there is to know about how to care for the roses including planting, pruning, feeding and even how to spot diseases. Volunteers were also able to learn about the different varieties of roses and what their growing habits were with plenty of examples and practical demonstrations displayed.

The return of roses to the rose garden is part of the @Play Heritage Lottery funded project which has also seen other exciting projects and opportunities brought into the park. The @Play project also includes Crafternoon which offers weekly wellbeing craft sessions for adults every Thursday, Playground Innovation which will see new playground equipment designed by a child installed into the playground area, Young Curators which is a six-week programme teaching young people about our heritage and much more!

There are plenty of volunteering opportunities available at Wicksteed Park and we encourage any aged 16 or older to get involved! We also welcome younger volunteers supported and led through schools and community groups to get stuck in. There is no upper age limit, and we have plenty to do for all abilities

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Customer Reviews

"We all had a fantastic time here plenty of car parking. Me, my daughter, Niece, and Grandson and there's lots to do here, including lovely walks and fun rides, plenty of eating places too. We took our own picnic though there were plenty of seating areas. We were able to buy extra drinks and ice lolly on our walk around the rides. Plenty of toilet facilities too. The staff were lovely and friendly here, would definitely recommend it here for a fun day out."

Katrina

"Took my granddaughters they loved it. There is plenty to do and lots of free play areas. The ride tickets are good value at one pound when you have more than one child to pay for. Parking good. Food stalls and drinks can be purchased. Excellent day out."

Lesley

"We went last week and had the best time! Staff were so friendly and helpful and we thought this was great value for money. Kids Loved it."

Michelle

"We camped here this week, and all had a blast!!! It was so well-priced. We were one of the first in the park. The camping was quiet, and the kids absolutely loved all the places to walk!!! Thank you!"

Charlotte

"First time visiting this park and wasn’t disappointed. Such a lovely place. Couldn’t decide to either buy wristbands or tokens. Family of four. Two adults. 6 year old and nearly 2 year old 0.8m tall. Wristbands were the cheaper option in the end. Staff friendly and happy. Food was really tasty. We ate in the American diner. We couldn’t do the whole park we got there at midday so we ran out of time. We will come back and come earlier in the day."

Collette

"We had a lovely day at the park on a very busy day, it was an amazingly good value day out. It is still incredibly popular mostly down to affordable rides and free play park. We visited twice in the summer holidays, we bought tickets both times as with the length of queues we had only managed to get on two rides in the first hour and a half. So you couldn’t of got on 22 rides to make the wrist band better value. We were disappointed that there wasn’t a track with cars to drive as in previous years. As with little boys that is a firm favourite"

Anonymous

"Went to the monster ball my grandchildren really enjoyed themselves.. especially when Wicky bear and Mable came out on stage"

Lynn

"Went here yesterday. Great day out and not expensive. Kids had a fun filled day"

Sharon

"We camped at Wickstead park this weekend for our annual camping trip with friends and kids (age range 15 - 13). Booking was very easy and great communication with reception. The site is very clean, as are the facilities and there is lots for the kids to do. Its a very safe site and I would highly recommend it. We will definitely be back!"

Jackie

"Absolutely fantastic day out. We had a very happy two-year old all day. Great rides for the little one, lovely places to stop for a bit of peace and quiet too and it is magnificently clean and litter free!"